Watchmen from Jerusalem, Issue 1, 2012

January 20th, 2012

Palestinian 'Refugees' made simple

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister [FM] Danny Ayalon's video, The Truth About the Refugees, (http://youtu.be/g_3A6_qSBBQ)exposes this confusing and controversial situation, explaining that there are still refugees after 60 years because of both Arab leaders' recalcitrance to accept their brethren and a UN refugee agency uniquely for Palestinians.

Ayalon also reveals the forgotten story of Jewish refugees who were kicked out of their homes in the Arab world after the violent Arab reaction to re-establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, 80% of whom came to the newly born State of Israel. Resultant Jewish property loss was in the billions of dollars. Now the Israeli government has a new department to process claims from over 850,000 Jews.

The UN has dealt at least 700 times with Arab refugees and their property, but not once with the issue of Jewish property.("Gov't Wants Arabs to Pay for '48 Pogroms vs. Jews," Arutz 7, 26 Dec. 2011)